Reports surfaced last week that Regal Entertainment Group planned to sell itself to London-based Cineworld Group PLC. On Tuesday, Tennessee-based Regal confirmed that it reached a $3.6 billion deal with the British movie theater operator, which will make the combined companies the second-largest movie theater operator in the world. Leawood-based AMC is currently the largest.

The deal adds 7,315 screens to Cineworld, bringing the total to more than 9,500 screens across 10 countries. AMC has more than 11,000 screens in 14 countries, according to its website.